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* Copyright (c) 2002 - 2006 IBM Corporation.
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* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package com.ibm.wala.classLoader;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.ibm.wala.ipa.callgraph.AnalysisScope;
import com.ibm.wala.ipa.cha.IClassHierarchy;
import com.ibm.wala.types.ClassLoaderReference;
/**
*/
public interface ClassLoaderFactory {
/**
* Return a class loader corresponding to a given
* class loader identifier. Create one if necessary.
* @param classLoaderReference identifier for the desired class loader
* @return IClassLoader
*/
IClassLoader getLoader(ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference, IClassHierarchy cha, AnalysisScope scope)
throws IOException;
}